LP Simon - Shiva [LP] ()

Metal Enterprises/Bellaphon 4003090051712

Simon - Shiva, Vinyl-LP, Tracks: Shiva + Wizard + Under cambodien skies + Inside looking out + Ce soir + Vagina + Shiva's salve + Jingo + Monstermaid + Wring that neck

SIMON - "shiva" LP 8? (Metal Enterprises)
Ingo Nowotny of Metal Enterprises (now there's a man I definitely have to meet before I die) didn't only release one of the best indie-Metal records of all time, the self titled BLACK VIRGIN record from 1985, he also had a couple of pure Metalploitation-rec's on his coinsience. Apart from trying to market the Oi/HC punk band FUCKERS as a metalband(!), he also released this record by a guitarrist calling himself SIMON. I giggled all the way through first listening. Why? Cause this guy is really all over the place. The album opens with the beautiful, pompous "shiva", then comes your typical SAXONish hardrocker, then a great Doom track, then it's HR again and then it closes with another great, instrumental pompy piece. B-side opens with a pretty basic guitar instrumental, basic apart from the fact that mr Simon decided to name this song "vagina"! Then he's suddenly speed metal ("shiva's slave"!), then Calypso Metal with congas(!!), then speed metal again and finally some istrumental jazz-rock for even more exotic flavour. An original, innovative metal musician? Ha! Rather an exploited german AOR-geek in white shirt and spandex without a clue. Some really great musical pieces here though...

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